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TIL I learned the song "Do You Want To Build a Snowman?" from Frozen (2013) was added after poor test screenings

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PYwmg TIL of Paul Chartier, a Canadian man who attempted to bomb the Canadian House of Commons in 1966. Unfortunately (for him) the clerk who sold him the Dynamite misremembered the burn time of the fuse, resulting in the bomb prematurely exploding in a bathroom and killing him before he could use it.
dJV9 TIL Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was recorded just two days before Redding died in a plane crash. The iconic whistling at the end of the track was the result of Redding forgetting the lyrics he had written for that part.
Wkrao TIL The Bayeux Tapestry's end is missing.
kJkKm TIL that there's an hotel in Tennessee which is known for the "Peabody Ducks" that live on the hotel rooftop and make daily treks to the lobby
JYYEQ The US Air Force’s scientific research wing is giving Lockheed Martin $26.3 million “for the design, development, and production of a high power (tens of kilowatts) fiber laser,” which it expects to start testing on a tactical fighter jet in four years.